Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

[Jubatus]

Amur Leopard predation Primorsky Krai

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(This study is containg data given by these four individuals in the table I just posted above)


Over the course of snow tracking these Leopards, during the winter months, a WCS team tracking the Leopards found the remains of 20 kills, divided by the four Leopards. The definate majority of the kills were Sika deer (60 %). And very surprisingly roe deer, which many would pursmue to be the more obvious prey species for Leopards, consisted only of (10%) of the kills. The high density og Sika deer in the area might be the explanation. But this is exactly what tigers rely the most on (Sika and Wild Boar), so this puts Leopards directly as a competitor for food with Tigers. 

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Unfortunatly very few species of prey were found, but this starts to paint the picture of what Leopards eat in Siberia, and how opertunistic they are. 


WCS has also been able to document hunting attempts that failed, by snow tracking. They were able to document 11 hunting attempts, in which 4 were successful. Out of 7 attempts on Sika Deer, only two were successful (29%)
Here`s a list of the hunting attemps

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